pip does not respect --index-url (nor environment variable) when downloading dependancies

[KipsasJaujoj]

If one uses --index-url to download and install packets, pip does not use that url to download dependancies. Tryed it with command variable, environment variable (PIP_INDEX_URL) and global one (in .pip/pip.conf).

For example:

  Downloading cryptography-0.5.4.tar.gz (320kB): 320kB downloaded
  Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/cryptography/setup.py) egg_info for package cryptography
    Download error: [Errno 110] Connection timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
    Download error: [Errno 110] Connection timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
    Couldn't find index page for 'six' (maybe misspelled?)
    Download error: [Errno 110] Connection timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
    No local packages or download links found for six>=1.4.1

[kostast]

Seems to me that not only pip is involved. Looks like easy_install or distribute tool is also in use and INDEX_URL is not passed to this tool. You should create distribute configuration (https://docs.python.org/2/install/#location-and-names-of-config-files). If you are using devpi your configuration may look like:

cat ~/.pydistutils.cfg
[easy_install]
index_url=http://indexurlhost/root/pypi/+simple

Related issues #410 and pyca/cryptography#1373

[KipsasJaujoj]

Yeah, it worked. Thank you.

[dstufft]

Yea this is setuptools doing the downloading. Going to close this since pip itself handles those variables.